Development of the New England Clinicians Forum Practice-Base Research Network (PBRN);Final rept. 30 Sep 02-29 Sep 03

摘要

The New England Clinicians Forum's (NECF) sought to expand its capacity to conduct and link research to community care sites; create a body of literature around community health care services to underserved patients; share and develop tools, practices, resources and identity benchmarks and guidelines; and establish partnerships with those who share a similar vision. Three key components of infrastructure development were addressed. They were: (1) policies and procedures for soliciting and refining clinical improvement or research questions from members; (2) information technology shared by the network for collecting and aggregating data from practices, disseminating information to practices and assessing changes in practice; and (3) processes to optimize study participation within the network and increase the likelihood that findings will be implemented by PBRN membership.